Resources
Forms:
Denver-Area Music Stores for piano books & sheet music:
Music Theory and Games:
Metronome:
Articles and Reference:
Other Sources for Great Music Teachers in NE Denver:
Denver-Area Music Stores for piano books & sheet music:
- Rockley - http://www.rockleymusic.com/
- Flesher Hinton - http://www.flesherhinton.com/
Music Theory and Games:
- Music Theory Pro - this app allow you to quiz yourself on everything from note identification and key signatures to scales, chords, and intervals, and it includes a very helpful ear training section. Recommended for intermediate to advanced learners. It helps to get some hands-on practice with this in guided lessons first!
- Chord Inversion Exercises
- Note Reading Worksheets
- Consider purchasing Harmonic Vision Music Ace software for your children's use at home! This package of lessons is comprehensive, fun, and available for around $40 at Sweetwater.com, Westmusic.com, Amazon.com, or your local music stores.
Metronome:
Articles and Reference:
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra Article with Great Practice Tips for Kids!
- This page can help you identify notes on the piano & treble cleff staff: http://www.emusictheory.com/explore/noteNames.html
- You can click a note on the keyboard to see where it’s played on the piano and what it sounds like: http://www.emusictheory.com/explore/pianoKeys.html
- Once you know the note names on the staff, you can use this page to drill yourself: http://www.emusictheory.com/practice/noteNames.html
- FUN! Click on this grid to explore different melody, rhythm and harmony patterns, and it immediately plays back the sequences you create: http://tonematrix.audiotool.com/
- Good music fundamentals for older kids who can read text on their own: http://www.sfskids.org/
- Adults and intermediate to advanced players may enjoy these brief online tutorials on a variety of music theory topics for the keyboard: http://www.musictheoryminute.com/
Other Sources for Great Music Teachers in NE Denver:
- Northeast Denver Music Teachers organization - http://nedenvermusicteachers.com/index.html
- Swallow Hill (extension classes at Lowry) - http://swallowhillmusic.org/denver-music-school/lowry/